The Forbidden Past

The Forbidden Past 1976

小楼残梦 xiǎo lóu cán mèng

In the sixties, love stories portrayed women as sentimentalists or sacrificial lambs. Later on, directors like Chu Yuan replaced these themes of sacrifice with abandonment. The Forbidden Past is a heart tugging, rare Chinese Christmas story about a bar girl (Ching Li) serving drinks to a man that looks like her husband from five years ago. She convinces him to fulfill her son's wishes of having the father he's never seen, show up for Christmas.

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一打 一打 yī dá dozen ∼HSK 1
这位 這位 zhè wèi this (person) ∼HSK 1
最多 最多 zuì duō at most; maximum; greatest (amount); maximal ∼HSK 1
妈的 媽的 mā de (taboo curse) damn it!; fucking ∼HSK 1
下个 下個 xià ge second (of two parts); next (week etc); subsequent; the following ∼HSK 1
早点 早點 zǎo diǎn breakfast ∼HSK 1
大小姐 大小姐 dà xiǎo jie eldest daughter of an affluent family; (polite) your daughter; bossy or indulged young woman; Miss High and Mighty ∼HSK 1
不比 不比 bù bǐ unlike ∼HSK 1
还给 還給 huán gěi to return sth to sb ∼HSK 1
多个 多個 duō ge many; multiple; multi- (faceted, ethnic etc) ∼HSK 1
是的 是的 shì de yes, that's right; variant of ∼HSK 1
一种 一種 yī zhǒng one kind of; one type of ∼HSK 1
对上 對上 duì shàng to fit one into the other; to bring two things into contact ∼HSK 1
没了 沒了 méi le to be dead; not to be, or cease to exist ∼HSK 1
有点 有點 yǒu diǎn a little ∼HSK 1
做错 做錯 zuò cuò to make an error ∼HSK 1
再不 再不 zài bù or else; alternatively ∼HSK 1
差点 差點 chà diǎn almost; nearly ∼HSK 1
几个 幾個 jǐ ge a few; several; how many ∼HSK 1
到现在 到現在 dào xiàn zài up until now; to date ∼HSK 1
年少 年少 nián shào young; junior ∼HSK 1
没有什么 沒有什麼 méi yǒu shén me it is nothing; there's nothing... about it ∼HSK 1
在前 在前 zài qián ahead; formerly; in the past ∼HSK 1
想见 想見 xiǎng jiàn to infer; to gather ∼HSK 1
在外 在外 zài wài outer; excluded ∼HSK 1
不太好 不太好 bù tài hǎo not so good; not too well ∼HSK 1
年来 年來 nián lái this past year; over the last years ∼HSK 1
记起 記起 jì qǐ to recall; to recollect ∼HSK 1
等一下 等一下 děng yī xià to wait a moment; later; in awhile ∼HSK 1
飞天 飛天 fēi tiān flying Apsara (Buddhist art) ∼HSK 1
穿衣 穿衣 chuān yī to put on clothes; to get dressed ∼HSK 1
小小 小小 xiǎo xiǎo very small; very few; very minor ∼HSK 1
昨 昨 zuó yesterday; in former times, past ∼HSK 1
天涯 天涯 tiān yá the other end of the world; a faraway place ∼HSK 1
请坐 請坐 qǐng zuò please, have a seat HSK 1
请进 請進 qǐng jìn "please come in" HSK 1
要不是 要不是 yào bu shì if it were not for; but for ∼HSK 1
放假 放假 fàng jià to have a holiday or vacation HSK 1
多年来 多年來 duō nián lái for the past many years ∼HSK 1
生病 生病 shēng bìng to fall ill HSK 1
外国 外國 wài guó foreign (country) HSK 1
请问 請問 qǐng wèn Excuse me, may I ask...? HSK 1
白天 白天 bái tiān daytime; during the day; day HSK 1
读书 讀書 dú shū to read a book; to study; to attend school HSK 1
下班 下班 xià bān to finish work; to get off work HSK 1
上课 上課 shàng kè to go to class; to attend class; to go to teach a class HSK 1
女朋友 女朋友 nǚ péng you girlfriend HSK 1
常常 常常 cháng cháng frequently; often HSK 1
干什么 幹什麼 gàn shén me what are you doing?; what's he up to? HSK 1
是不是 是不是 shì bù shì is or isn't; yes or no; whether or not HSK 1